Tag Archive: Spyware

There have been various rumors regarding governments trying to spy on consumers to identify illegal or illicit activity over the Internet. Bundestrojaner, which is allegedly used by the German government, seem to work only with Skype, and on the Windows platform. There does not appear to be any support for mobile operating systems, or any the other main computer OSes. Also read: Bitcoin and Divorce: A Match Made in Heaven? Bundestrojaner Government Spyware Has Limited

Whenever the terms “government” and “surveillance technology” are mentioned in the same sentence, people will hold their breath in anticipation of another scandal. A recent report, published by Privacy International, documents the campaign to vanquish Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s opposition movements. If that wasn’t enough, the report also claims a new communications monitoring center is on the horizon. Also read: BITMIN Quarter of Way through Crowdfund Campaign, New Cloud Mining Company! FinFisher – Taking Invasive

A few weeks ago, lots of information regarding Hacking Team and their software was leaked on the internet after the collective got hacked themselves. It was only a matter of time until the floodgates were opened in terms of versions of these pieces of software appearing all around the world. Android users need to beware, as advanced spyware for this mobile OS is now publicly available. Also read: Installing Spyware With Drones Could Lead to